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Sunday, July 17, 2016

Good morning y'all! Thanks for joining me for the last day of the Technique Junkies weekend showcase.

Today I am featuring two projecting focusing on the sentiment stamp Dance in the Rain.

For the card on the left above, the background was created using clouds and rain stencils. Then the background stamp Fresh Chevron was stamped through the cloud stencil to give some texture.

The second card background was created using a technique I just learned from Jennifer McGuire's Blog. Check it out here- it's a great technique for all the Texture background stamps from TJ and provides endless possibilities. For this card the background stamp is one of my favorites Star Power.

Saturday, July 16, 2016

Happy Saturday! I am back today to celebrate all things Technique Junkies! Day 3 of the showcase features one of the Summer (June 2016) releases : Keep Sailing.

This sentiment is just perfect for an uplifting/supportive card to send to a friend. And the tiny sailboat is just adorable! I stamped with Hero Arts Navy Shadow Ink to give the look of a night sky, then added a bit of lighter blue ink to the bottom for the water. The tiny stars were highlighted with silver Wink of Stella and of course the moon with gold Wink of Stella.

Friday, July 15, 2016

Good morning y'all! Thanks for stopping by today for the second day of the Technique Junkies stamps feature weekend. Today I have a great project using the new Tim Holtz Distress Crayons and one of my favorite stamp sets Botanical Bee.

The tag bag ground was created using some Tim Holtz thinlit dies and colored with Distress Crayons- you can see this technique on Tim's blog, featured as one of the 12 tags of 2016-March.

The bee was stamped with versafine black ink, covered with clear embossing powder, then colored also with Distress Crayons. I just love this sentiment that goes comes with this set- by the late great Muhammed Ali!

To finish off the card I covered some manila cardstock with Tim Holtz tissue wrap and grunged it up a bit!

Be sure to stop by the Technique Junkies website to see more of these great stamps-the possibilities are endless.

Thursday, July 14, 2016

Happy Thursday Junkies from sunny and HOT South Carolina. I wanted to share a fun and vibrant project I created using two fantastic Technique Junkies stamps that just seem like they were made to go together- Life is a Canvas and Wasted.

The Distress Paint resist technique was used for both cards-stamped with a rainbow assortment of Distress Paint colors. For the first card, I accented each color with the coordinating Distress ink. For the second, I let the white cardstock shine through!

The sentiment was stamped with Versafine black ink over top and covered with clear embossing power to make it pop!

Thanks for joining me today and be sure to check the TJ Junkies Design team blog as well as back here for more fun projects featuring these fantastic stamps! Through this weekend -today through Sunday- I will be featuring a different TJ stamp each day using a different technique! Be sure to check them out!

You can SAVE during these celebration days as well. TheJuly release stamps will be on SALE (15% OFF) until the 8th! Get them while their hot!!
For today's project I decided to try something different- working with Stampboard. I gave it a go with Alcohol Inks and just love how these backgrounds came out for the Lake Rules stamp from the Better at the Lake set.

Be sure to continue on the hop and don't miss any of the great inspiration from these talented artists. Your next stop on the hop is the super talented Judy Jackson!

Below is the entire blog listing -be sure to check them all out and return to the TJ website where you can find and purchase all these fantastic stamps!

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About Me

I first became interested in paper crafts back in 1998 when I purchased my first "scrapbooking" kit from the Creative Memories consultant at the Big E. After getting the stuff home, I realized I wasn't really interested in scrapbooking, but loved paper and inks! Immediately I turned to card making and stamping and over the years my style and love has changed greatly. While I still love making the clean and simple cards and projects, my passion is for anything and everything grunge and inky.